How to access Disk utilities when starting up. Is it Shift, Apple , R?

How do I access Disk Utilities when starting up. Is it Shift, Apple, R?

If your objective is to get into the recovery partition, try COMMAND + R keys.
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If you are still on Leopard OSX, it will not work.

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Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
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Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Continue button.
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While cBauer is away from the office, I will be working with this case on his behalf. I will try to answer your questions as best I can to determine what might be causing this failure.
1. The error which we encounter is an "Access Denied" error (as stated above). I am currently investigating the error code, and will update this post accordingly when I have it.
2. Our application is a built (.exe) application using LabVIEW 8.5 and DIAdem 10.2
3. We do not install the toolkit directly on the customers machine as this is a built application. We install the FULL LabVIEW 8.5 Runtime engine, as well as a licensed copy of the DIAdem 10.2 Basic edition.
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
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I moved or renamed some photos in my library
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